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The German energy grid, interpreted through AI. Updated hourly.

Grid Poet — 14 April 2026, 04:00
43% renewable
Brown coal, wind, and gas dominate overnight generation as full cloud cover and zero solar drive elevated import needs.
Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on this mid-April night, Germany draws 47.6 GW against 38.8 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 8.8 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads all sources at 9.0 GW, followed by wind at a combined 11.2 GW onshore and offshore, and natural gas at 8.6 GW; hard coal adds another 4.4 GW. The day-ahead price of 114.7 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting tight supply conditions under full cloud cover and zero solar output, with thermal plants operating at significant baseload levels. The 43.5% renewable share is carried entirely by wind, biomass, and hydro, a reasonable performance given the moderate onshore wind speeds.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sunless vault the turbines hum their midnight hymn, while coal fires burn like ancient hearts feeding a nation's sleepless veins. The grid groans gently under import's yoke, its balance held by foreign spark and fossil smoke.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 23%
43%
Renewable share
10.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.4 GW
Total generation
-12.4 GW
Net import
118.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.5°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
Grid data: 14 April 2026, 05:00 (Berlin time)
Carbon intensity
387 gCO₂/kWh
EU 2023
242
DE 2023
~380
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Now: 387 gCO₂/kWh EU 2023: 242 gCO₂/kWh DE 2023: ~380 gCO₂/kWh Today avg: 365 gCO₂/kWh
Direct operational emissions (combustion only). Wind · solar · hydro · biomass: 0 gCO₂/kWh. Lignite: 820 · Hard coal: 750 · Gas (CCGT): 490. Sources: UBA, IPCC AR6.
7-day renewable share
Day-ahead price — 2026-04-14 + forecast 2026-04-13 click line name to show/hide

Residual load = consumption − wind − solar. It is the net demand that dispatchable plants — coal, gas, biomass, hydro, storage — plus cross-border exchanges must balance. When it is high, expensive thermal capacity is needed and prices rise with it. As residual load falls, wind and solar displace more thermal generation, pulling prices down. When it turns negative, wind and solar output alone exceeds all consumption: controllable plants ramp to their technical minimums, storage absorbs what it can, and the grid exports heavily — often with prices turning negative too.
Forecast (dashed): tomorrow's predicted DA price (P50 median) with P10–P90 uncertainty band. Full forecast →

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Data Monument — 14 April 2026, 04:00
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